Usually means: Failure to maintain psychological defenses.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. decompensation: Merriam-Webster
  2. decompensation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. decompensation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. decompensation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. decompensation: Wordnik
  6. decompensation: Wiktionary
  7. decompensation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. decompensation: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. decompensation: Dictionary.com
  10. Decompensation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. decompensation: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. decompensation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. decompensation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  5. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  6. Terms in the field of Psychiatry and Neurology (No longer online)
  7. decompensation: Medical dictionary

(Note: See decompensate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (decompensation)

noun:  (medicine) The inability of a diseased or weakened organic system or organ to compensate for its deficiency, resulting in functional deterioration.
noun:  (psychology) The deterioration of cognitive or emotional functionality in a person who is distressed or who suffers from a psychological disorder.

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